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- 1Inside Musk's Doge team's disruption of Washington●‘Elon is my prophet’: how Musk’s Doge team took a wrecking ball to Washington
A Guardian long-read examines how Elon Musk's 'department of government efficiency' sent young technologists into federal agencies to dismantle programmes and cut staff. The piece follows one agency worker who resisted attempts to access immigrant data, highlighting internal clashes as Doge pushed its agenda across the US government. The story portrays the team's zealotry — some reportedly calling Musk a 'prophet' — and the mixed compliance it met inside the federal bureaucracy.
- 2Inside Elon Musk's DOGE team's disruption of Washington●'Elon is my prophet': how Musk's DOGE team took a wrecking ball to Washington
The Guardian reports on how Elon Musk's DOGE team, staffed largely by young engineers devoted to Musk, carried out sweeping cuts across US federal agencies. The piece describes the team's ideology and the scale of disruption to government operations, with the phrase 'Elon is my prophet' highlighting near-religious devotion among staff.
- 3Michael Lewis Essay Profiles Guard Who Resisted DOGE●Essay | Exclusive | Michael Lewis on the Lone Security Guard Who Resisted DOGE
Michael Lewis has published an exclusive essay in the Wall Street Journal telling the story of a lone security guard who resisted DOGE, the cost-cutting effort associated with the second Trump administration. The piece frames the guard as a rare individual who pushed back against the aggressive restructuring of federal agencies. Readers are discussing the article as part of the ongoing debate over DOGE's sweeping cuts and the people who stood in their way.